I know I should have said this sooner but here it is. So Anasigma is run by crazy people, I guess that probably explains their corruption. Did someone beat me to it?
You’re technically correct – the mads aren’t in charge, but they RUN things in Anasigma. They seem to have all the tech positions. This is probably worse than if they were in charge.
Different sort of crazy. People who do stuff like letting mad scientists set up their security are also mad, just not the sort of mad that leads to mad science.
That distinction is precisely why I always capitalize “Mad” when I’m referring to Mad scientists. I have noticed a few other people tend to do so as well. I also tend to use other descriptive words – like “crazy” or “insane”, or even “unhinged” – for those who are mentally unstable, but are not Mad.
Frankly, she’s acting very much like a girl I used to work with. She’d drink Sobe energy drinks all day while she was at work, and she was quite literally bouncing off the walls. If she had blurted out “I just realized – we’re human-shaped” (and I’m not so certain she never did), it wouldn’t have surprised any of us one bit.
(She has long since realized the wisdom in not drinking energy drinks, and she acts a lot more “normal” now.)
A friend of mine had to move his wife from Florida to New Mexico over a 3-day weekend. He lived off of Red Bull. Then was sick for 3-4 days. Turns out you’re not supposed to drink more than 2 or 3 per 24 hours, he had 2-3 times that amount per day.
I assumed she drank waaay too much coffee during the fugue because she was, well, in a fugue, but now it appears to be normal operating procedure for her.
The worst thing is that this does, in fact, make a lot of sense. It’s like the voyager episode with the silver blood dopples. They think they’re the original.
I suspect you are thinking of a different SF story. In the original story “Who Goes There” by Campbell the copies are quite aware of what they really are, and the same goes for the 1980s movie: in the 1950s film, nobody gets copied at all.
All I want is a proper pot of coffee,
Swigged from a proper copper coffeepot.
Others may want a spot,
But they’re not gonna get an offer ‘cos I’m gonna chug the lot!
Things shaped like men,
Outside again,
No-one can quite see,
So I’ll swig a proper pot of coffee from a proper copper coffee pot because it’s all for me!
It is shaped, sir, like itself. It is as mad as it has madness. It is just so functional as it may function, and moves with its own creations. It lives by the abominations which it sustaineth, and its creations, once questioned, inevitably turn against it.
I know I should have said this sooner but here it is. So Anasigma is run by crazy people, I guess that probably explains their corruption. Did someone beat me to it?
You’re technically correct – the mads aren’t in charge, but they RUN things in Anasigma. They seem to have all the tech positions. This is probably worse than if they were in charge.
Different sort of crazy. People who do stuff like letting mad scientists set up their security are also mad, just not the sort of mad that leads to mad science.
That distinction is precisely why I always capitalize “Mad” when I’m referring to Mad scientists. I have noticed a few other people tend to do so as well. I also tend to use other descriptive words – like “crazy” or “insane”, or even “unhinged” – for those who are mentally unstable, but are not Mad.
We refer to them as “government employees” where I work.
I try to do that too.
Pretty sure that’s been posited more than once in the past. I mean, it’s kind of obvious.
For some people, “I like coffee” is like “I like breathing.”
This ^
I never managed to quit breathing without feeling way too much ill.
Not me. Can’t stand the taste.
Come to the dark side… the dark roast side.
Neither can I. Coffee’s gross.
She’s a little late in realizing that.
It’s possible that with Sparks this shouldn’t always be taken for granted. ^_^
I was thinking maybe she was a recently modified gerbil or something.
Frankly, she’s acting very much like a girl I used to work with. She’d drink Sobe energy drinks all day while she was at work, and she was quite literally bouncing off the walls. If she had blurted out “I just realized – we’re human-shaped” (and I’m not so certain she never did), it wouldn’t have surprised any of us one bit.
(She has long since realized the wisdom in not drinking energy drinks, and she acts a lot more “normal” now.)
A friend of mine had to move his wife from Florida to New Mexico over a 3-day weekend. He lived off of Red Bull. Then was sick for 3-4 days. Turns out you’re not supposed to drink more than 2 or 3 per 24 hours, he had 2-3 times that amount per day.
If coffee does that to her god knows energy drinks can do
Do those energy drinks contain frog venom like her special coffee does?
Frog venom mentioned back here: http://skin-horse.com/comic/and-into/
I assumed she drank waaay too much coffee during the fugue because she was, well, in a fugue, but now it appears to be normal operating procedure for her.
It makes no sense, but my Plot Predictor says it will prove to be the real Tip, escaped from the biomass…
Why would a putative fake Tip have the comm link to Sweetheart?
Come to think of it, why didn’t Tip ask Sweetheart if he said anything during the missing time?
The worst thing is that this does, in fact, make a lot of sense. It’s like the voyager episode with the silver blood dopples. They think they’re the original.
Same as The Thing, back in the 1940s iirc. They all thought they were the original.
I suspect you are thinking of a different SF story. In the original story “Who Goes There” by Campbell the copies are quite aware of what they really are, and the same goes for the 1980s movie: in the 1950s film, nobody gets copied at all.
Maybe “Impostor” by Philip K. Dick?
Doctor, not Captain?
To be fair, he’s no longer in the Army, and they did bring him along presumably for his psychological training.
Also, if my memory hasn’t failed me, the only person to call Tip “Captian” on a regular basis is Mr. Green himself.
All I want is a proper pot of coffee,
Swigged from a proper copper coffeepot.
Others may want a spot,
But they’re not gonna get an offer ‘cos I’m gonna chug the lot!
Things shaped like men,
Outside again,
No-one can quite see,
So I’ll swig a proper pot of coffee from a proper copper coffee pot because it’s all for me!
Nice!
Seconded! (& now you have me longing for “Skinhorse: The Musical” ala’ Gilbert and Sullivan…)
Obviously, she’s very focused on her current mission. She’s cut down to one cup of coffee a day.
I only have one cup per day, too. I just keep filling it back up.
What manner o’ thing is your mad scientist?
It is shaped, sir, like itself. It is as mad as it has madness. It is just so functional as it may function, and moves with its own creations. It lives by the abominations which it sustaineth, and its creations, once questioned, inevitably turn against it.
Of what realm of science is it?
Of its own realm.
‘Tis a strange scientist.